Erismatopterus, 457* 
Erpetoichthys, 234* 
escolars, 482 
esmeralda de mar, 672* 
Esocidz, 409 
Esox, 137%, 410*, 411* 
Etelis, 551* 
Etheostoma, 84%, 529* 
Etheostomine, 525 
Etmopterus, 61*, 203* 
Etropus, 699* 
eulachon, 129*, 347* 
sketch by Clark, 348* 
Eupomotis, 6*, 12%, 516* 
European chub, pharyngeal 
bones of, 382* 
European soles, 706 
Eurynotus, 251* 
Eurypholis, 359%, 360* 
Euteniichthys, 678* 
Eventognathi, 382 
everglade 
minnow, 416* 
pigmy perch, 510* 
Evermann, 
on golden trout, 323 
on Two-Ocean Pass, 117 
Exerpes, 721* 
Exoccetidex, 427 
Exoglossum, head of, 386* 
Exonautes, 429* 
exoskeleton, 18 
exterior of fish, 14-23 
extinction of species, 93 
eves, of flounders, 74 
fading of pigment, 888 
fair-maid, 558 
fallfish, 386 
family 
Alopiide, 193 
Anguillide, 365 
Ceratodontide, 239 
Cetorhinidz, 196 
Chimeride, 221 
Chlamydoselachide, 186 
Dalatiide, 203 
Echinorhinide, 204 
Heterodontide, 188 
Hexanchide, 185 
Lamnide, 194 
Lepisosteide, 259 
Mitsukurinide, 191 
Mobulide, 216 
Moringuide, 372 
Pristiophoride, 205 
Psammodontide, 215 
Pseudotriakide, 193 
Rhineodontidz, 197 
Scylliorhinide, 189 
Sphyrnidz, 200 
Squalide, 202 
fantail darter, 530 
Index 
fathead, 599 
faunal areas, 102 
favorable waters have most 
species, IIo 
Felichthys, 398* 
fiatola, 498 
Fierasfer, 45*, 732* 
issuing from Holothurian, 
- 933% 
Fierasferide, 732 
fighting-fish, 49, 584 
filefish, g5*, 625* 
common, 626* 
needle-bearing, 625* 
finnan haddie, 742 
fins, 
of Crossopterygians, 22 
of the fish, 22 
fish, 
in action, 10 
air-bladder in, 11 
alimentary canal of, 29 
anadromous, 46 
body form of, 14 
brain of, 11, 39 
breathing of, 4 
catadromous, 48 
color of, 5 
coral reef, 88 
definition of, 1 
disease transmitted by, 57 
of Dismal Swamp, 419 
dissection of, 24 
eggs of, 32, 34* 
electric, 58 
exterior of, 14-23 
face of, 4 
fins of, 8, 22 
flight of, 43 
form of, 3 
four-eyed, 414* 
habits of, 38 
hearing of, 7 
iniomous, 61 
instinct in, 40 
intestine of, 31 
jaws of, 28* 
lateral line in, 8 
luminous organs of, 59 
measurement of, 17 
migratory, 46 
muscles of, 23 
mythology of, 149-156 
of paradise, 583 
pine-cone, 471*, 472 
poisonous flesh in, 55 
pugnacity of, 48 
quiescent, 44 
scales of, 18 
sight of, 5 
skeleton of, 9 
spines of, 51 
spiral valve in, 30 
779 
fish, 
teeth of, 4 
tide-pool, 45 
viviparous, 32*, 33%, 118* 
fish-god of Japan, 557* 
fisheries, 143 
economic, 142 
fishes, 
bassalian, 99 
berycoid, 465 
bony, 264 
butter, 498 
cardinal, 531 
collection of, 157-162 
colors of, 79-89 
corner, 448 
Cuban, 123 
cutlass, 482 
damsel, 592 
distribution of, go-105 
eel-like, 362 
elephant, 222 
equatorial, 102 
flesh of, 129 
as food for man, 128-148 
guitar, 207, 208* 
jugular, 709 
labyrinthine, 579 
lancet, 357, 358* 
lantern, 352 
littoral, rot 
lizard, 355 
lowland, 122 
lung, 235 
mailed-cheek, 637 
most specialized, 102 
nest-building by, 445, 443 
paddle, 256 
parrot, 601 
pelagic, 999 
percoid, 508 
poison, 52 
how to preserve, 159 
records of, 161 
ribbon, 682 
river, 106 
rudder, 563 
sail, 483 
saw, 206, 207* 
scabbard, 482 
how to secure, 157 
sergeant, 497 
shark-like, 180 
shrimp, 449 
snipe, 449 
soldier, 468 
spiny-rayed, 424 
surf, 586 
tropical, 142 
trumpet, 448 
upland, 120 
viper, 352 
viviparous, 586* 
